Moby is an open source container framework. In Docker Engine prior to version 29.5.1, Docker Daemon versions 28.5.2 and prior, and Moby Daemon prior to version 2.0.0-beta.14, a race condition during docker cp mount setup allows a malicious container to create empty files or directories at arbitrary absolute paths on the host filesystem. This issue has been patched in Docker Engine version 29.5.1 and Moby Daemon version 2.0.0-beta.14.
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Description Moby is an open source container framework. In Docker Engine prior to version 29.5.1, Docker Daemon versions 28.5.2 and prior, and Moby Daemon prior to version 2.0.0-beta.14, a race condition during docker cp mount setup allows a malicious container to create empty files or directories at arbitrary absolute paths on the host filesystem. This issue has been patched in Docker Engine version 29.5.1 and Moby Daemon version 2.0.0-beta.14.
Title Moby: Race condition in docker cp allows creation of arbitrary empty files on the host via symlink swap
Weaknesses CWE-367
CWE-81
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-12T18:08:43.914Z

Reserved: 2026-04-21T14:15:21.957Z

Link: CVE-2026-41568

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-06-12T19:16:26.907

Modified: 2026-06-12T19:16:26.907

Link: CVE-2026-41568

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Updated: 2026-06-12T19:30:31Z